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Books to Movie

February
February 1, 2021

Community Connect @ the Fendrick Library: Books to Movies!
The Community Connect -Books to Movies offers all of us an opportunity to initiate a conversation when out, on the phone, to plan a virtual ?movie night? or book discussion. Maybe you know someone who would enjoy you reading a few chapters each day to them virtually or by phone. Be Creative!

Book: Rebbecca written by Daphne du Maurier.? Film: Rebbeca [2020] Romance/ Mystery Rated PG-13.
"A remarkable and gifted debut novel about two outsiders, lonely scientist in the Arctic and an astronaut trying to return to Earth as they grapple with love, regret and survival in a world transformed." - Amazon

Book: Atonement written by Ian McEwan 2001.? ?Film:?Atonement, adapted by Christopher Hampton, directed by Joe Wright [2007]. Romantic War Drama. Rated R
"Set in three time periods, 1935 England, Second World War England and France, and present-day England, it covers an upper-class girl's half-innocent mistake that ruins lives, her adulthood in the shadow of that mistake." Wikipedia

Book: The Light Between Oceans?written by M.L. Stedman.? Film: The Light Between Oceans [2016]. Romance, Drama. Rated PG-13
The years-long?New York Times?bestseller and Goodreads Best Historical Novel that is ?irresistible?seductive?with a high concept plot that keeps you riveted from the first page? (O, The Oprah Magazine)?A major motion picture from Spielberg?s Dreamworks starring Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz, and Alicia Vikander, and directed by Derek Cianfrance.

Teen Book: The Hate U Give?written by Angie Thomas.? ?Film: The Hate U Give [2018]. Drama, Crime.? Rated PG-13
"Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressure from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what's right."- IMBD

 

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